IITKGP

Rajendra Mishra School of Engg Entrepreneurship

Faculty

Pranab Kumar Dan

Associate Professor

Rajendra Mishra School of Engg Entrepreneurship

+91-3222-282428

pkdan@see.iitkgp.ac.in

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Research Areas

  • Engineering Design Process
  • Manufacturing System Design
  • Robust Optimisation & Auto Transmission
  • Innovation and Product Engineering
  • Frugal Engineering and Ecodesign
Technology based product design and development is central to engineering entrepreneurship and performance in this function provides competitive edge to any manufacturing business organization. Forward engineering has been the conventionally used in design, but simultaneously reverse engineering in recent time has occupied a prominent position in both research and practice. Re-engineering through the process of feature based reverse engineering is a very effective method for product redesign and such facilities have been created in the Product Analytic and Modeling LAB (PAM Lab). Products or parts, here, are reverse engineered, improvements are made through design modifications, and prototypes are generated for testing the new design. 3-D Laser Scanning and point cloud generation supported with Portable Coordinate Measuring Machine, computer aided engineering and simulation software are used for the research in the domain of Robust optimization in determining failure criteria considering fatigue condition and product design and modelling involving steps, namely digital Inspection of physical parts, reverse engineering of physical parts to CAD format as 3D solid model, CAD geometric configuration and creation of rapid prototype of parts in polymers with metal inserts. Currently, work on design optimization of gearbox-product is underway using the CAD/CAE support with statistical software and the new methodologies developed. Research in product processing and manufacturing systems are being conducted to address the design issues holistically.

 
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Co-Principal Investigator

  • National Initiative for Design Innovation MHRD
Alumni members

Ph. D. Students

Prasenjit Patra

Area of Research: Optimisation of Laser Processing of Materials

Richa Malviya

Area of Research: Product Design and Development

Saikat Nandi

Area of Research: Optimisation of Laser Processing of Materials

Sanyka Banerjee

Area of Research: Empirical Study on Technology and Innovation in Bottom of the Pyramid Segment

Tushar Tiwari

Area of Research: Product Design and Development